In Western films like 'The Cowboy and the Lady' (1938), social class differences often create significant barriers to romantic relationships, as demonstrated when a wealthy socialite (Mary Smith) disguises herself as a maid to pursue a cowboy (Stretch Willowby) who is unaware of her true identity; however, these barriers can be overcome through mutual understanding, personal sacrifice, and the recognition that genuine human connection transcends social status, as both characters ultimately choose each other despite their different backgrounds and the obstacles posed by family expectations and political ambitions.
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Can a socialite find love with a cowboy? | The Cowboy and the Lady | Gary Cooper Western Movie
Added:[Music] to [Music] [Applause] h [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] look at this chief listed the people were in that club when it was raided last night anybody where after well there's a Mary Smith on it I got a hunch as Jud Smith's daughter Jud Smith's daughter a join like that you're crazy well somebody said they recognized her recognized her how the old jent won't even let her picture be published let a loan go out by herself especially now that he's out for the presidential nomination that's just it now's our chance to pounce on the old bird how do you know the girl hasn't cut loose and now gentlemen I should like to propose a toast at all of these organization dinners we have been entertained by a Hostess who whose charm is only exceeded by her beauty and I am sure that no one here will think me premature if I offer a toast to Mary Smith the next first lady of the land success to you Mary and your father good luck good evening will you tell Mr Smith his secretary M him at once it's very important I'll wait in the study yes Chester what is it may I see you alone sir oh that's my brother Professor Hannibal Smith how it do don't mind me I'm the poor relation Mr Smith there was a gambling place that was raided last night yes the newspapers have a list of the people who were there well how does that concern me I never frequent such places well uh your daughter's name is on that list sir my daughter you're insane my daughter wouldn't think of setting foot in well I thought so too but here's a list and the newspapers are checking up all those names probably some other Mary Smith I'll send for my daughter needn't bother horrus I'm afraid was our little very all right you saw her I suppose I took her you took her uh-huh will you please explain that sure now you see I felt sorry for her I'll bet that girl hadn't talked to a man under 60 since she left school I thought it was time that she should see how the younger half lived I've asked you many times Hannibal to please stay out of my Affairs this is an unnatural existence for a girl Horus Mar's perfect to happy oh don't be an idiot she's just trying to be loyal to your bigoted Notions it's Dreadful you realize what you've done a scandal like this may cost me the nomination Mary in in a gambling rage we didn't gamble we just danced and did she have a time say they had a jam session last night that would have done your heart good oh and I think of the years I've wasted teaching political economy Hannibal sometimes I think you're in your second childhood well come on in the water's fine hey let me see that I hope they didn't leave my name off the list of jitterbugs jitterbugs what in K's name is that depues of the finer Arts do gnet that left me out Friends of the flatfoot flui with the Floy Floy what are you talking about oh my poor bited brother doesn't know what a jitterbug is a his KCK a Tas on the road I lost it and if she doesn't bring it back I think it I she'll die Jitterbug that's it sir I'll sent for the psychiatrist goodbye hars what's the matter with him is he crazy never mind about him a Dreadful thing has happened close the doors [Music] why you're a fool Mary letting yourself be hustled out of town this way what am I to do Uncle Hannibal break his heart newspapers get too inquisitive he's going to tell him I've been in Palm Beach for weeks your poor father's in over his head oh stop him before it's too late he wants that nomination so desperately sometimes it frightens me I [Music] know you had a good time last night didn't you marvelous The Raid was thrilling Palm Beach out of season's going to be awfully done that's right rub it in if you can find a young plumber or somebody lying around loose down there you take my advice and grab him you think youd know how to talk to a young plumber oh shut up Hannibal Mary we have Mr Dylan's airplane already excuse me two Maids are in Palm Beach opening the house they'll take care of you I can't understand what got into you Mary good Heavens father what did I do that was so Dreadful I try to make it clear that without Henderson's support my nomination is impossible and you know how he'd react to a scandal of any kind and what am I supposed to do live like a prisoner because Henderson's a narrow-minded fool Mary I'm sorry father but it isn't fair to me I don't see anyone I don't go anywhere this is the first time I've been out in 2 years and then I had to go with Uncle Hannibal I can't allow you to destroy something that I've worked on for years or perhaps you'd rather I'd give up the whole idea sometimes I wish you would why Mary then maybe we could go back to living like normal human beings again where we don't have to be under a microscope all the time oh Father we used to have so much fun before you went into politics remember those wonderful Summers on the farm don't be upsurt Mary this is a great tribute there' be nothing left for me if this fell [Music] through Mr Smith the reporters are downstairs get the bags come in you better go down the back way I got a car waai animal good luck don't forget about the plumber [Music] oh [Music] [Music] Ellie yes Miss do you play any card games at all I see Casino Miss Casino I'd love to play casino do you mind playing with me I'd love to but uh you have a date oh it's nothing Miss I can break it it's only with one of the fellas at the rodeo a cowboy yes Miss oh I wouldn't think of letting you break it have a good time oh thank you Miss [Music] Ellie yes Miss has he got a friend why well yes Miss uh Katie's got him I mean I promise Katie you see it's a blind date Miss blind date sounds Mar Katie I was just trying to induce Ellie to take me on your blind date you miss yes oh I I don't think that you'd want to do that Miss Mary oh no you don't want to do that why why not these are Cowboys yeah and they're awful particular snobs eh oh no no that ain't it but they'd be kind of scared of somebody like you and when a man's scared well scared well you see you got to give a fell a little cooperation once in a while what she's trying to say is that they're liable to think you're a cold fish oh oh that's all right ktie perhaps they' be right but what do you think huh do you think I'm a co-fish why I well go on ktie I don't mind well you don't exactly Sizzle Miss what do you think I better do about it gosh I don't know Miss Mary but it's not your fault you've got it in you all right but you've been held down so much that yeah me and Kade talk about it a lot that's right we've always felt kind of sorry for you miss Mary thank [Music] you [Music] gosh if you really want to go Miss we'll fix it up for you sure we'll give you a couple of pointers and you might get by yeah we'll show you our system you got a system sure well it's a sort of a system depends on what you're R up against for instance he's the cold type and keeps giving you the icy stair well if you've made up your mind that you're going to make him kiss you a bus start out by flattering him that's maneuver number one I see maneuver number one flattery I'll remember that that's it now if that doesn't work you make him talk about himself that's number two but a man can't talk about himself and kiss you at the same time no but eventually he's going to talk himself out isn't he I suppose so tell her about number three oh number three is Sure Fire of course you want to use that in case of emergency tell them a hard luck story work in a sympathy mhm that's just like money in the bank Miss just tell him what a hard time you've had of it and how you've had to suffer then if you sneak in a little teer or two he's yours you think he can do it I'll try we got a hurry it's in West Palm D what are you going to wear a little FL pin [Music] which one is mine I don't know r on you boy on yourself son better take it easy how are you s sugar a raring to go all right buz unchain him okay spet he's all yours hey [Music] yipp yay Where the Buffalo no longer roome yep Y where the lav ho once lived they built a home and now they rock it get yourself a load of this now this really gets them uh-uh yeah you can't get nowhere without it I don't want to go nowhere oh come on scratch it'll smell you up pretty I always thought I up pretty natural you go ahead I'm going to stay here you're staying here why we thought you was going with us sure we got a gal all set for you I got to write this letter about beess why what's the matter with beess what's he do to drop a fo in a month oh that's a month away we're talking about tonight yeah three gals and two guys ain't right come on and take up the slack would it stretch what do you got against gals anyhow oh they chew your ears off well maybe you'll get a break and get a dum one yeah that kind ain't been born yet what are we going to do with that extra Philly well I guess that messes up the whole works hope you two buzzers ain't going to break into tears oh it's going to be kind of lonesome sitting here with nothing to do [Music] I guess I ain't going to get this letter written [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] anyway the to the big be the [Applause] [Music] Su is terrific no need for suspense one cow hand is just like [Music] another come on [Music] say I want you to beet my friend stret and how do you do I want you to meet Mary and Katie hi fellas hi Katie I want you f you to become good friends huh well that shouldn't be very hard and uh you would marry like are you honey come on get some C that'll put hair on your chest [Music] hey hey sh you [Music] H get the girls out of my chil with a hang okay hey I hope you're a little sh of sitting down Kitty he's nice give me my guy if you want them is yours like I always say one C handed just like another what's going on here hello sugar come on sit down oh come on honey say you need building up why there ain't a pick on you I'll bet you don't weigh over 147 LB why dog on me if he ain't guess my weight within a pound oh I can guess the weight of any man within 5B just for looking at him sure Ain never failed yet [Music] you know I think I'm going to like you yeah I seen lots of good riding steeper chasing and jumping but you're about the best I've seen yet yeah I got awfully excited when you threw that stair yeah I was scared I screamed didn't you hear me oh this will burn the lining right out of your stomach you haven't touched your chili maybe you don't like it oh I love it but it's pretty hot yeah it's sure hot oh I'm so glad we agreed [Music] listen you couldn't get very familiar and uh tell me your name sure scratch H you know like this I see well my name's Mary Smith it's a nice name Mary Smith you like it sure I like it fine oh I'm so glad you like it now what's your name I just told you stretch oh stretch yeah what did I say oh that's a marvelous name I love it stretch how you stretch hi am Mary hey Buzz will you play a ukulele for me sometime sure will sometime tonight [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] they maybe we better go around by the back door well this is a back door what's it doing on the front of the house come on hey hey where you going well how do you like it boys this is my outfit human e Christmas great commissary these people must spend all their time eating oh no they don't eat much do they Ellie not much you're all the time worrying about their diet well they got a lot of expensive equipment for starving themselves well hang me for a cattle Thief you're some general during a She Bang like this oh nothing to it sugar come on I'll show you around what's this thing for that's makes orange juice scares it right out of him don't it huh what what's that part a ice box oh that that's a uh the dishwasher corn turn it on it's cute what's going on inside washing dishes oh [Applause] yeah come along I'll get you a Tong you though dishwasher huh that thing's up to give me a death of cold I to have a drink well step into my Corral hey gosh you got to watch yourself around here you'll be ambushed by a bunch of gadgets hey you seen this one sugar where are they they gone what do you work at around here I oh I'm a lady's maid ladi's maid where's your outfit upstairs would you like to see it sure and me just a cowboy you're you too hey that doesn't belong to you what'll the boss say well Buzz has got a little cold and I thought that uh Ellie tells me she's got a pool with the boss of course she has say I know a certain Cowboy ell's got a pull with too have some what's that champagne mhm I had some once a [Music] bad Jee where some place huh [Music] look lovely isn't it sure [Music] is have you been in any other rodeos no where's your home is it far away Montana really what's it like tell me all about it come on in where is I'm sorry oh that's all right have you got another [Music] dress I know what I'll do I'll borrow one from my mistress well you better not do that you'll get in the jam it's all right she's out of town what do you do for this lady you work for help dress what is she a no gee where what kind of a good what' you say [Music] nothing how old's your boss about my age married no what's she waiting around for she hasn't found the right man yet [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] like it sure do how much [Music] considerable Sit down you're going to tell me all about yourself well I can't make out just what kind of girl you are I'm just a working girl well you are and you aren't I guess being around rich people's got you mixed up don't you ever get mixed up stretch not about things that matter do you always know what you want you sure do what well I want a spread on my own a ranch that'll run about a thousand headed cattle in a pretty Valley with a trout stream running through the middle and a nice house and nobody else sometime maybe a wife and children you [Music] bet I better go down the station and see that Dusty gets on the train all right all right stretch Dusty wins something SW just passed me by a ro a ro something SW gave me the eye a a I guess you're not going guess not would you like to go on the Terrace up a step catch it up beside her how be right my right quick I my hat a ro I'll be with you in a moment all right was how you doing very badly your system's no good have you tried number three yet what is it I've forgotten it hard luck story that's right hardl story [Music] I envy you stretch nothing on your mind but your job no troubles no responsibilities I wish my life was as simple as all that isn't it you don't look to me like a girl that's had a tough time with it you don't think so huh that's funny that's really very funny oh I'm sorry I I meant that uh that's all right stretch maybe if you'd tell me something about yourself why no I wouldn't want to burden you with my [Music] troubles might be good to get it off your chest maybe I can help you're very kind is it your family mhm father mostly your father he's drinking he [Music] drinking night after night sometimes for weeks without stopping well can't something be done about him it's no use we've tried no ambition no willp hasn't worked in 12 years 12 years who supports him [Music] any more in the family any more any more children oh yes five five well that is five including me well don't any of them work why not old girls and you're the oldest gosh four kids sisters and you support them all oh not that I mind they're such Darlings all of them but sometimes it's a bit hard I can imagine last year for instance when both Doty and Henrietta were down with the measles at the same time it wouldn't have been so bad if I hadn't been out of work but what with the doctor's bills piling up sometimes I just don't know how I can go on je poor kid you're so understanding [Music] [Music] GE wi that's a puty dress we got to load the horses first thing in the morning plenty of time before 6 no we got to go now here's your hat hey no more of that oh just one more of that yeah well sugar so long honey goodbye honey shs well so long sister come on stret [Music] [Applause] y y y boy get that man a hand with a hay [Music] hey Str get yourself packed we got the stuff all loaded say Buzz is this stuff really get them it snares them but it won't trap them I mean for Keeps I wouldn't be KNN about that say what are you talking about oh nothing if it's for Keeps you got to get down on your knees and spout poetry you tried it I tried it once but I got a crick under KN so I give it up throw my stuff in the bag and bring it to the boat we'll meet you there we me and the misss oh jeez what's the matter oh he's coming up the beach who yours Daddy Long Legs oh uh you better go along I'll see him alone that old Buzz he told me they were going to gal hello hello I was just going around to the kitchen to look for you were you yeah oh the boss is back huh oh yes ear this morning see it's your pretty here I you suppose she'd mind if we sat down no I thought you were leaving for gston this morning no we're shoving off this afternoon gee I kind of hate to leave here do you you see last night I got to thinking look Mary oh gee whiz I'm sorry that's all right is that you smelling so pretty huh oh first time I ever worn of this stuff you like it yes when I was coming down here I kept looking around behind me to see who was smelling up the place it was me all the time like M Hawkins was telling me uh she's the one that feeds us out at the ranch well she was telling me about the time Jim came to ask for her hand he got all spruced up and smelling like a barber shop and when he got to her front gate while all the dogs in town was tailing him aren't any dogs following me out no I guess I didn't put enough on look Mary we're leaving today and I was thinking that you ever been out in my part of the country no beautiful girl like you'd be crazy about it and I was figuring that uh if it's okay with you well uh M Hawkins could put you up until I got my house finished and well I started a build it just before I left just in case and and I thought that after a while if we wanted to we could change things around that that sounds wonderful stretch next summer when I get my vacation that's exactly where I'll go out to your place next summer yes we could have some more evenings like last night I had a wonderful time didn't you I was just telling the girls this morning I was saying the next blind date we go on we'd be lucky if we made such nice fellas the next blind date yes you don't know what trouble A girl has sometimes you meet the most awful people well I guess I was all wrong all wrong well it sounded like you were on the level last night like it really meant something to you of course it did I never had so much fun in all my life well that's all it was huh well I I always knew that cow punchers were just supposed to be half human but well I guess I had a come to me you see I don't go out with girls much generally because I don't like the way they think I joined the show because I thought maybe somewhere I'd run into one of them that didn't measure everything by how many men she kissed in a week I guess that sounds funny to you please stretch if you don't mind I think I'll get going kind of feel like I need a bath on second thought I think you're the one who needs a bath oh how are you Miss Mary are you all right boy he's got a lot of nerve I like to take a side KN at him I always knew fooling around with cow hands was a mistake what well he's got her hooked what do you know about that lad he used maneuver number [Music] four he better get you pretty soon we're pulling out in 5 minutes here he comes hey stretch it's about time what [Music] happened [Music] stretch I came to see you all no call for you to do that but listen stretcher I want to explain no need to explain anything well glad to Stand by Your spring line [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] hello Str please Str just let me talk to you would you mind letting me into my room but something I've got to get straightened out please let me talk to you for a few minutes and I won't bother you anymore you stubborn [Music] mule well you're going to listen to me if I have to dog your footsteps for the rest of your [Music] life busy [Music] face what's going on I'm dogging his [Music] [Laughter] footstep o [Laughter] [Music] [Laughter] [Music] that's bad you shouldn't have come on this trip how long is it oh about 68 hours I suppose it'll take me all that time to get myself straightened out with you see what about your job you might lose it oh no that'll be all right listen stretch that's what I want to talk to you about about my being a lady's maid poor lady she'll have to dress herself for a couple of days I bet you be all tuckered [Music] out you shouldn't talk like that she's not so bad you might like her uh-uh when I worked on that dude Ry I met plenty of her time show horses what are they good for except to dress up and look pretty give me a Workhorse every time like best a little mayor of mine you're lot like best well what I mean is that that the way you have to take care of your father and all those kids that's the load you've got to carry and you do it without squawking woman I care boss well she ain't rigged right to carry her part of the load that's the first time I've ever heard horses compared to people well good horses are nice people you bet you good horses are swell people give a man a horse he can ride give a man a boat he can sail and his Rank and wealth his strength and Hell on seen our shore shall fail give a man a horse he can ride give a man a boat he can sail and his Rank and wealth his strength and health oning sure shall fail what an way Miss Mary is on the way to Galviston to galvaston this why just came from the boat says she doesn't want anybody to know where she is and that she's coming home soon oh gosh this is awful we should have never taken her out on that there blind date never hello yes it's Washington call he must be our father her father Yes operator that's right Mary Smith when you get her ask her how the plumber situation is plumber situation yes sir there'll be a dinner for the members of the committee and their wives on Tuesday then on Saturday the one for Henderson are you certain Henderson will come I've already spoken to him he said he'd be pleased to come just a minute please she isn't in sir I'll take it hello this is Judge Smith never mind just tell her when she comes in this evening that we're all leaving tomorrow or the day following and her coming down to Palm Beach coming here sir they're all coming down here my gosh oh oh yes sir I'm listening just tell her that Henderson's coming down too she'll be so happy to know we're all coming oh yes sir I know she'll be very happy yes sir oh yes I'll tell her everything goodbye well I don't know what you're going to do but I'm going to to start looking for a new job me too hello hello hello hello say too bad we couldn't give you a moon oh the fog's all right maybe it's better well strt well [Music] I'll see you in the morning good night good night I hate this good night it's our last one now we can take another turn around the deck but we can't do that forever [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] you couldn't speak we seem to be giving each other insomnia what time is it about [Music] 3:30 that's a fishing boat we're getting close to Galviston I wish Galviston would stay away we're going awful slow on account of the fog I love the fog it shuts out the rest of the world you're shivering I'll get you a [Music] drink I'll get you my [Music] coat this will warm me up [Music] feel better tastes terrible but feels wonderful you know stretch you and I are POS apart and if you really knew me you wouldn't like me at all and yet I'd rather be with you than with anyone else isn't that funny say that again oh I'd have to have another drink before I could say all that [Music] again oh no [Music] water and now I can't remember what I said but I know this I love you stretch I love you very much you sure yes you're not mixed up about that no that's the one thing I'm not mixed up about [Music] we're going to find the captain what for because where I come from when a man feels about a girl the way I feel about you they get married come on stretch Willowby do you take this woman to be your weeded wife I do Mary Smith do you take this man to be your weeded husband I do then I Now Pronounce You man and wife this day passengers stretch Willowby and Mary Smith well married that's all yeah okay fog signals off the port B Captain very well [Music] I stretch take thee Mary to be my wedded wife to have him to hold from this day forward for better for worse for richer for poorer in sickness and in health to love and cherish till death do us part the captain forgot to say [Music] that be dark in about 30 minutes [Music] [Applause] [Music] hey well I got all my stuff hey you don't suppose she married him for his money do you what money well he's got a job ain't he yeah I never thought that oh hello hello I ain't had a chance to congratulate you Mrs Willoughby thank you me too thank you see you later SP hold [Music] on what game on [Music] [Applause] [Music] isn't very much is it I love it stretch we won't be here long we'll be leaving for the ranch as soon as I can quit the show hi stretch Chief watch see you okay don't mind being alone do you oh no I'm going to be very busy cleaning up here [Music] yeah Oher here yeah they're going to be hard to handle his help and strength [Music] [Music] [Music] get that a out don't that all set step on me lady thank you very much careful going in front of this horn you may lose him get your weight on the end of his horn and down he come see what I mean wish you would leaning the should stretch a couple more weeks with you I could beat the whole bunch sorry sker when I joined this outfit I was hunting for something and the Hunt's over I'll be back to the ranch in a week let it go [Applause] huh you want the so oh you got to be quick lady you got to be quick [Music] well I guess I need a complete new outfit if you need them we got them sister here's a parabal fure a mule team couldn't tear them hey Mary you're the one I'm looking for you wanted on a phone phone yeah it's Katie she says it's important you should have heard her when I told her you were married you told her yeah I thought she was going to choke right on the phone where is it uh right there the porn Boo's next to the door Hey sister how about putting back my bridges hello yes yes operator hello ktie oh miss Mary oh I found you every place in Galviston something terrible has happened your father's coming down here father's coming to Palm Beach when I don't know Katie wait a minute I I can't think straight better not tell him anything oh no I can't come back now Kitty Mr Henderson is coming down too and if it comes out that you and stretch are married well you know what that means you don't want to break your Father's Heart Miss Mary perhaps you're right perhaps I ought to go back as soon as I can straighten things out with stretch no he doesn't Katie he still thinks I'm a lady's maid don't be silly ktie I've got to tell him sometime and it might as well be Now ladies maid what in tarnation's that she helps a show horse get dressed SS alive I've been pulling up own britches 60 something odd years I ain't had nobody help me yet you always said you could Pi a good one from a bad one stretch guess you were right you know she supports a father and four Kid sisters that's the kind she is and she never complains either she's got an honest face that's what I like yeah be ashamed if you bounce Plum into one it wasn't honest if he did he had bounced from back again wouldn't you stretch yep I guess I would [Music] what's the matter Mary nothing it was cool here and I suar just told me about Katie calling is there anything wrong at [Music] home you must be worried about your father and your sisters I feel kind of rotten about that I should have thought of it last night but I guess we didn't think much about anything last night no we didn't did we look if we could get them out of the ranch we could take care of them some way oh no stretch don't you worry about that you know I was thinking that maybe well maybe you'd better go back and see that they get settled go back yeah yeah I was figuring that if you went back and got them fixed up you could be out to the ranch by Tuesday see I'm quitting this outfit at the end of the week and I'll be home by Tuesday don't you think that's a good idea [Music] stretch here we are now don't lose this I got all written down here how to get there you'll be crazy about ma Hawkins and I'll get her to fix up a room for you till the house is finished she I've been talking a lot about that house and so far it's nothing but a framework but hou on aboard gee here they go you all aboard it's going to be a million years till Tuesday bye Mary bye pardon me lady we got a schedule to [Music] meet want to be a long trip popcorn take good care of it will you buddy okay take every one of those pills too cies hey give her this too will you anything else you can think of yeah sure here's some gum to quiet your nerves [Music] I'll see you [Music] [Applause] Tuesday all right hi Miss Mary hello oh it's good to see you back Miss Mary Katie and me's been wearing ourselves crossy good Heavens Miss Mary what happened to your dress oh I I stepped on it stepped on it nobody knows had gone do they oh no we didn't tell us so not even your father he's here you know here well not exactly here I mean he ought to be here according to the telegram he and all the Committees and all our wives no one must matter didy oh no you better tell Katy yes miss your uncle Hannibal's here he's upstairs here oh Uncle Hannibal so glad you came well your father wasn't particularly cordial but I came anyway with the servants did you know that your second Butler cheats at back gam I'll start you best Miss Mary thank you Ellie how have you been let me look at [Music] you [Music] oh oh something new they're wearing this year it was fixed up for me in galston 2 days on a bus didn't help two days on a bus well I didn't have any money and I couldn't wiy anybody so I had to come back on a bus well that's a good reason to come by a bus but what in Heaven's name were you doing in gon in the first place oh I can't tell you now uncle Hannibal I've got to have a bath first but don't go away because I must talk to you well from the condition of your clothes you looked as if you'd had quite an experience I have I got married got married hey you can't throw a bombshell like that at me and just step into a tub hey now just a minute I I excuse me [Music] I've made a list of possibilities you tell me when I'm warm is he a plumber too bad airplane pilot cowboy cowboy young a young cowboy say that's wonderful is it well unfortunately I'm a sure horse and he thinks I'm a Workhorse and workhorses are nice people you didn't know that did you no are they and you know why workhorses are nice people because they carry their part of the load oh Uncle Hannibal I'm in such a mess have you ever been so confused that you couldn't make sense out of anything I'm doing fine right this minute I'm sorry now maybe I can help you now you met a cowboy young married him and went to calvester now that much I know oh and I also know that workor are nice people now what else what are you doing here for instance I wish I knew Katie found me and he was bursting to his friends about me and I had to make a decision and oh I I don't know I got scared I suppose oh come now you don't scare so easily I ran away didn't I did you well not exactly but when he suggested that I come back to my drunken father and four sisters I junk drunken father and four sisters you know for a minute I was right along with you but I guess I'm lost again oh yes that's another thing I forgot to tell you I'm a lady's maid the father and sisters are part of a system how to capture a man it's Ellis o CES I forget who the genius is and he's still under the impression that you're a lady's made oh I know it's stupid but what could I do I couldn't tell him I tried but he has such definite Notions about everything when does he expect you back on Tuesday at his place in Montana well it seems to me that the first thing to do is to clear that out uhoh here comes your father America's White Hope with his entire Entourage incidentally what about him yes what about him I certainly have done a good job all that has to happen now is for father to lose the nomination Uncle Hannibal what will I tell him nothing your poor father's accustomed to being in the dark but think for me Uncle Hannibal my darling I can think for you but I can't feel for you now do you love this uh Cowboy fell real hard well then don't worry maybe we can convince him that show horses are nice people [Music] too come in Father oh it's good to see you Mary hello Hannibal oh you look wonderful a week in Palm Beach is just what you needed well my dear everything's in excellent shape probably settle the whole thing before we leave here I expect your help the committee men and their wives are all here and I want a dinner arrange for them on Tuesday Tuesday yeah nothing elaborate just enough to keep them in Good Humor but the big thing comes later you know who's coming down Henderson now for him we ought to have a reception I won't be here on Tuesday father how about you pardon I said I won't be here I expect to be back in Montana with my husband I'm married father this is no time to be fous Mary I'm not not being fous I met him last week at a rode he's a cowboy a cowboy you mean to tell me you've married a cowboy yes why this is fantastic I can't believe it a cowboy what's the matter with a cowboy there's nothing the matter with a cowboy as far as I'm concerned but what about Henderson can't I make you understand that without his support my nomination is impossible Mary Smith in a runaway marriage with a cow hand that's going to look fine in print stop it Horus is there any reason why Henderson should find out how do you suppose I'm going to keep a thing like this secret the boy doesn't know who Mary is and if we keep our mouth shut it needn't be known at least not until you get Henderson's endorsement once it's been published he's got to stick by you just to save his face no I won't stand for it you're going to stay right here and I'll arrange to have the marriage annulled quietly I'm sorry father but if you attempt to do that I shall tell it to the newspapers myself all right Mary that's the way you feel about it I hope you're proud of yourself now that you've gone this far I don't suppose that I should expect any further help but I hope you'll have the decency at least to stay here until after the Henderson dinner if that isn't asking too much of course I'll stay father if that's what you want don't worry I'll stay and do anything you want me to thank [Music] you you're a fool Mary [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] keep your eyes on them fellas I'm going over to the [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] house here let me par that for you [Music] strp hey why all the service all of a sudden oh I don't know State you're in you couldn't tell a saddle from a [Music] flapjack what trade she coming in on St 10:00 where's sugar over there talking to B hey what you telling her oh a lot of things you ought to know don't pay any attention to him best what you going to call the po stretch oh I don't know Mary I guess well have the Buckboard ready by seven boys 7 the train don't get in 10 well you can't tell them taking no chances [Music] M my Hawkins what's biting [Music] you that will teach you to do tricks when I'm busy what do you want what about those what you call it those uh new curtains for her room new curtains there ain't going to be any new curtains I'm not going to make my house over just for her oh oh come on Ma oh I wish you'd go and finish that house of yours and stop pestering me about new curtains hey Ma where do you want these new curtains hung up how many times have I told you not to come busting in here when I'm baking get out of here and put the curtains outside put them right there on the chair stand big put on the chair there oh let me go let me go I'm busy Som day I'll bite a chunk out of that neck right there no leave me alone stretch willbe huh got you Brandon one of these days you're going to make a mark on there that won't come off um what are you bacon tell of your business something for Mary huh oh you think I've got nothing to do but cook for Mary get out of there get out of there and stop it well guess I'll go and take a look at the new house what again this is the fourth time today the fif will someday I'm going to give you a good spanking for things like this hey he how you doing okay s I'm uh just looking it over again [Music] that's better ain't it Mary it's nice and warm in here now isn't it Mary is it too warm I'll open the windows wonderful air isn't it just like I told you geez makes you hungry let's eat huh sit down Mrs Willoughby H oh yes I've had a very busy day I've been ringing in that new bunch of cattle eat lots of celery Mrs Willoughby is very good for you well come in come on in we're we're just sitting down to dinner heyy that's the window come around to the front door open the door come on in you boys know Mrs Willoughby you have a drink go ahead make yourself at home sit right down the chair go ahead sit down the sofa Buzz now Mary's going to sing us a song she's going to sing Annie Lori you fell is like Annie Lori go ahead Mary [Music] what's going on here have you all gone local uh the boys were just helping me play house fine going on when there's work to be done here's a telegram for you telegram gee where is the train must be early huh what time is it she ain't coming next week maybe [Music] from what you tell me I'm sure she wouldn't disappoint you except you couldn't help herself [Music] when I was in service for his lordship no such a to-do was made over royalty who is this fellow Henderson anyhow he has a magic wand and if he waves it over Mr Smith's head presto he gets the nomination when are you leaving for Montana tomorrow or the next day the moment everyone clears out are you going to come clean with your cowboy even if I get tossed out on my ear which I probably will well for consideration I'll be there to catch you when you land immediately after dinner we'll take handerson aside and I feel sure that we can get him to issue a statement to the Press tonight once that's accomplished it won't matter if her marriage to this Cowboy does come out why not try speaking a little louder make sure Henderson hears he's in the Next Room sorry ready father evening Mary evening Mary Mary I I hope you realize that if Henderson gets an inkling of your marriage it'll be most disastrous of course your cowboy may be perfectly acceptable but you know Henderson he has fixed ideas and we've all got to be very careful For Heaven's Sake we've gone all through that yes of course I'm sure everything will go well tonight father please don't worry about it I promise to do everything I can to help I know you will Mary thank you hello there isn't anyone coming downstairs why of course Mr Henderson we were waiting for you Mr Henderson am I to have the privilege of escorting my favorite girl if you mean me I'm terribly flattered why of course I mean [Music] you excited [Music] Horus Something's Happened to you that's really horrible you discover your daughter's married and it never even occurs to you to ask her if she's happy if she's in love or if perhaps in some kind of trouble all you care about is how it affects your own mad ambition I'm really sorry for you [Applause] [Music] all the young ladies now count like Mary I feel more secure about the future our youth today seem to feel that life is not worthwhile unless it's live scandalously [Music] hello hi uh where's my wife I guess she's upstairs will you tell her I'm here I I just got into town I was kind of worried about her is she all right oh yes that is I don't know you see she don't work here no more well where' she live I don't know I I know either well you're a friends of hers aren't you yeah but Mary didn't talk much she was very funny that way yeah very funny oh uh you better go yeah you better go we'll lose our jobs if you're caught here goodbye oh you better go tell [Music] her hey I was just thinking her boss I don't know where she lives her boss oh no she wouldn't know well tell her I want to see her would you oh we we couldn't do that oh no I think I'll ask her myself oh no you can't go in there oh goodness no please [Music] please I beg your father you must have made a mistake sir well I didn't mean to bust in like this I was looking for somebody anybody you wish to see [Music] sir this is the home of Horus Smith sir I'm sure you've made a mistake oh yeah I guess I did wait a minute young man these men are politicians they're always interested in talking to the man on the street satate come on young man sit down you ought to be able to get a lot of things off your chest [Music] yes guess maybe I [Music] will where are you from young man Montana Montana a fascinating place I've always been interested in the Lone Star State you're thinking of Texas yes of course I always get them confused are you married well yes I'm married to a lady's mid she she supports a father and four sisters you should cling to a girl like that shouldn't he Mary I don't think so you see she turned out to be a fake never supported anybody in her life turned out that she was too good for me couldn't stand for me to meet her friends on account of me being a cow hand I guess seems to me a cowboy ought to be as good as a lady's maid I must remember to look that up and see what the book said keeping cows under control must be more productive work than hooking up a dress and what about the Indians who's going to fight the Indians the Cowboys of the ones who always come to the rescue they have a slogan haven't they we always get our man no dear those are the Marine how wa a minute everybody wait a minute I want to get some advice from you now I want your opinion young man judge Smith our host here is seeking the nomination for president of the United States and he wants my support now what would you advise me to do I'd advise you to get off your high horse and stop talking down to people and the same goes for your smart alec friends here I beg your pardon you know you don't give a hang what I think now just a minute I'm glad you asked me though because I'd like to tell you in the first place I don't see where you get off picking anybody for president when you haven't the decency to treat a person like a human being instead of asking people to sit down to your table so that you can laugh at them maybe you ought to go out and find out what they think and feel and what their needs are and what you can do to help them that's all that's going to count in the long run if uh if judge Smith there wants to be president he ain't going to get very far looking down his nose at people and and thinking he's better than they are Abraham Lincoln didn't have to do that and he turned out to be a pretty good president have you quite finished yeah except for one more thing I'd like to invite you all out to the ranch and maybe we could show you something about decent manners nice work ni [Music] stret please stretch let me talk to you a lady made huh you were [Applause] bragging John Smith [Music] [Applause] Mary wasn't that too fantastic Mary I never saw anything so Brazen in all my life that's what happens the way he the table as if he were know [Applause] [Music] h [Music] [Music] [Music] well when it turns out to be a Philly you should have seen Best Kept tossing her head like she was saying where's that long-legged boss of mine he thought I couldn't do it I never seen a man like a stretch no fooling she's just like a human being why she know what was going on every minute well sir you should have heard my Hawkins barking at everybody let alone of that criti you she and leave her do for herself 2 hours later she's wrapping a blanket around her yeah figure she all H she go me run right into it Uncle Str give me a lift please Uncle stret give me a li please yeah sure come on I'll put your suitcase in the room stret right hello Uncle stret hello py not that way are way [Music] oh thanks hello I we just looking at your truck Garden here I used to grow meds as big as this on my farm you know all the way in here on the plane I kept thinking it's something you said people ought to get off their High horses you're so right when you look down your nose your viewpoints inclin to get blurred great many parents are that way get up on their high horse I mean they demand respect and Sacrifice from their children the the trouble is they forget they have to earn it first I never earned it but I got a great deal of it from Mary all her life she made many sacrifices just to safeguard a mad Obsession of mine well she doesn't have to do it anymore I'm rid of my obsession I walked out on the whole business you walked out mhm not that I had to but I realized it wasn't what I wanted after all as I was getting on the plane to come here Henderson begged me to change my mind but I refused doesn't matter there are too many men in the country better equipped for the job besides I found Mary had an obsession that's more important and now I wonder if a tired old man could beg a cool drink from you I've been sitting out here for hours sure come on in [Music] right in [Music] here oh there you are it's about time you were back traes around the country sit down I bet you haven't had a decent meal in a week man there wants a drink oh picking up strangers eh what do you think this is a roadh house what do you want ice tea that's all we've got Bo is that I told you to keep your hand out of that pan M Hawkins hello there sugar come on Buzz Pump It Up Hit It Something smell just pass me by H it fell the whole cake fell what did I do I told you to watch it good Heavens I can't get anything done around here but I couldn't help it somebody banged the door and it shook how out instead of cooking how do you think I'm going to do [Music] itet kissed I said baby your [Applause] [Music] dismiss my Haw get out get out there's work to be done y you think this is a hangout oh stretch Willoughby that's my kitchen [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause]
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